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vti • Site 5 is of sufficient size, shape, and configuration to allow the development of a regional, multi-purpose special events center with sufficient capacity . . .; • Site 5 received the highest overall transportation rating in the Perteet Engineering, Inc. study April 2001, with greatest available parking and fewest adverse traffic impacts; • Site 5 is located nearest to the proposed Snohomish County Campus Redevelopment Project and presents a unique opportunity for shared use of parking and other community facilities; and • Site 5 is the only one of the three alternative sites located within the downtown core, and is therefore more supportive of downtown planning policies and objectives for the Central Business District. 2. The Special Events Center will include a main arena area and a second sheet of ice and accessory space for team practice and public skating activities. The total building area, including the second sheet of ice, is approximately 250-275,000 sq. feet. The building footprint is anticipated to be approximately 152,324 sq. feet. It is anticipated that the height of the building will be as great as approximately 85 feet from the arena floor to the top of the highest point of the roof, but portions of the building will be 20 to 30 feet below the level of the adjoining side. The Center's design allows for great flexibility in the type and size of events that can be sponsored. 3. By Resolution No. 5084, adopted on August 1, 2001, the City Council of the City of Everett, after especially considering the parking, traffic and historic impacts, the consequences of displacement of people, businesses and buildings on those displaced and the community; the benefits of the Special Events Center on each of the alternative sites to the community, and the public interest and welfare, also selected Site 5 as the best site for development and construction of the Everett Special Events Center and authorized and directed the acquisition and condemnation of property on the site for development as the Special Events Center. 4. In reaching their decisions in selecting Site 5 as the preferred site for the Special Events Center, both the Public Facilities District and the City Council of the City of Everett, considered the Indoor Arena Feasibility Analysis, January 2001, prepared by Brailsford and Dunlavey; the Everett Special Events Transportation Analysis and Evaluation, April 2001, prepared by Perteet Engineering; Special Events 2